Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) A person, other
than the CEO, is not to act on behalf of another person —
(a) for
the purpose of contacting a party to an adoption in relation to the adoption;
or
(b) in
negotiations as to contact between any parties to an adoption,
except under and in
accordance with a licence under this Division to do so.
Penalty: a fine of $10 000 and imprisonment for 12
months.
(2) A person, not
being a contact and mediation licensee, is not to hold himself, herself or
itself out as being, or pretend to be, or make use of any words or letters or
any name, title, abbreviation, or description that implies or tends to
encourage the belief that he, she or it is a contact and mediation licensee.
Penalty: a fine of $10 000 and imprisonment for 12
months.
[Section 105 amended: No. 8 of 2003 s. 62; No. 34
of 2004 Sch. 2 cl. 2(8); No. 15 of 2012 s. 55 and 70.]